Posted May 01, 2007 at 05:03AM by Ryan C. Listed in: Accessories, News Tags: Sony, Europe, YouTube
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 Sony Computer Entertainment Europe may just have the thing for you camera buffs, having just announced the latest attachment to the Playstation Portable - the Go!Cam, to be released this May 16th in Europe and across all PAL territories.


So what does the Go!Cam offer?  Plenty. For the retail price of €49.99(£34.99), the Go!Cam promises to "seamlessly converts the PSP into a portable, functional and fun camera." The camera itself can be made to change direction vertically, up to 180 degrees of 1.3 Megapixel video-capturing freedom, while an in-built microphone takes care of the audio-recording.

Go!Cam PSP accessory - Image 1 Go!Cam PSP accessory - Image 2 Go!Cam PSP accessory - Image 3 



These features, working in tandem with the bundled Go!Edit software, enables owners to record, edit and save nearly two and a half hours of video or 40,000 photos - the numbers based whether or not you have a 4GB Memory Stick Pro Duo, of course.

YouTube enthusiasts should be delighted to find out that the Go!Edit software also allows direct PSP-to-Internet video uploading, which means if you've always wanted to show how you bob your head and sing along to Loco Roco's addictive theme song whenever you play it, there's no stopping you now.

The Go!Cam for the Playstation Portable will be released on May 16th with a retail price of €49.99 (about US$ 69).

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   by bigp (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » chotoshot

its just the japanese camera


   Re: Threatened - 2007-05-01
 » true

true but im confused - is the video length at most 2 hours something or 15 seconds?

the only reason this should be worth anything that high for a 1.3MP is that the video can take LONGER than just 15 seconds -.-

   Re: Threatened - 2007-05-01
 » k

i read some sites and some said it had around 2.5 hours of video recording

so is that 2.5 15 second videos?

or that's the longest this one can record

because if it's the longest it can record with a certain mem stick then it's totally worth it

   Re: jdl11 (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » ?

Who said it had 15 second video recording limit. I have the Chotto Shot (the Japanese camera) and it doesn't have a limit.

   Re: Threatened - 2007-05-01
 » ?

really?

http://www.answers.com/topic/chotto-shot-camera

looked into it

it says 3.00 enables users to take videos LONGER than 15 seconds

never knew that cuz it came out before 3.00 ^^;;

thanks for tellin me though ;D

   Re: Wicked Insider (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » Hmmm...

I'll wait for the USA NTSC version.

   Re: xche78x (http://sw2.2ya.com) (Unregistered) - 2007-05-02
 » chotto shoto

mine is the jap version, you can record videos non-stop as long as you still have space on your memory stick or your battery charge dies, whichever comes first hehe. also works on 3.03OE_c and newer firmwares.

   Re: SC (Unregistered) - 2007-05-02
 » LATE

This is out in the UK already. I've seen it in woolworths. And it's only 40, not 50.


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   Re: jn2k108 (Unregistered) - 2007-05-02
 » IRONY

What's ironic is that you can upload the vids onto YOUTUBE, but you CAN'T WATCH them using your PSP! SUCKS!
   by me (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » hmm

it's just the UK version of chotto shot.
and now NA is the only region left behind. tsk tsk tsk

   by Cleric (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » Could have, should have...

1.3 megapixel... the best camera phones had that resolution 3 years ago. You can pick up a handset with the same camera for about £15 in shops right now. I'm not sure they should have even bothered to release it if they weren't going to improve on it...

   by fgy (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » AU price?

.


   Re: sneaky (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » in australia..

i got mine for 55 bucks Au from ebay incl delivery 3 months ago. just search ebay.
+ the gps cost 70 bucks incl delivery.. all brand new..
   by Jomann (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » *sploog's in pance*

...

   by lukahn - 2007-05-01
 » I'd get it

Hmm, but where to buy it from, i haven't seen it listed in any online UK shops.

I usually have my psp with me anyway, so it could be quite nice for the odd picture here and there. Though y digital camera I got years ago has 3 megapixels i believe :S

   by Advertising (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » Comes with the 4GB Memory Stick.

According to Gamespot the camera comes with the 4GB memory stick, making this a much better deal. (especially since it's only a 1mp camera).

Link:
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6169941.html?action=convert&om_clk=latestnews&tag=latestnews;title;1


   Re: Advertising (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » Link.

Sorry about that link cutoff... here's a shorter one to the same page...
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6169941.html

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   Re: joj (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » umm, INCORRECT

That article does not mention anything about a 4giger coming with the camera.

   Re: y? (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » stfu

y make ***** up? its obvious it wont hav a 4gb mem card...4gb mem card and camera for £35 and liek half the price for 4gb alone

   Re: Dude (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » wtf

Are you retarted? "When used with a 4GB memory stick, it can hold more than 40,000 photos" does this sound like its coming with a 4gb stick?

   Re: Advertising (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » Too bad...

Seeing as how Gamespot CHANGED the article from the original this version morning, I am not quite the "retard" your trying to make me out to be. If you actually went back and looked at the first page of comments for this article then you would notice the reaction to the fact that the story initially DID say the 4GB card came with it. Make stuff up? No, look to Gamespot, they simply had the story wrong. What little community this site has is truly sad...
   by Ecco Legendz (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » I'd get it again

I'd get it because now it'd be in engilsh. I had to guess all the dam time with the other jap one. Plus Go! sounds alot better then chotto shot.......oh yeah I'd kinda lost mine when I moved in to my new apartment. So I kinda......need a new one lol

   by Phil (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » Dude..

I've had one of these for like a year now. and theres no way they'd give you a 200 dollar memory stick with it unless you pay at least like 150 for the camera/mem stick package, on estimate if it even comes to be a package. yeah its a great camera, i'd reccomend it, you can use your psp for like everything now. yes, even a phone because a website has a VOiP service for psp, i just forgot whats it called. psp is ultimate.


   Re: Threatened - 2007-05-01
 » .

in eb games and gamestop 4 gig is 109.99

   Re: W. Jones (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » Does anyone know the PSP phone website....

Does anyone know the PSP phone website this guy is talking about?

   Re: Wicked (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » I do...

And Phil is a noob for getting your hopes up
because it's a fake PSP phone service where the
only thing the psp really does is make the call
but does nothing by way of voice ommunications.

Forget you even read that he wrote about it.
It sucked so hard I even forgot about the web
site that tricked us all into visiting and signing up.
   by Danny (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » hmm

I wonder if its possible to have a interconnector to extend the camera, afterall its a usb connection, you could have the psp in your pocket and have that as a spy camera on you hat or something, even better looking up skirts in a meeting ;) or anything really


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   Re: um (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » perv

perv!!!!

   Re: some dude (Unregistered) - 2007-05-07
 »  vf

ROFL that gives me an idea...
   by Slide (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » too pricey?

Is it just me or this camera is just too pricey? The camera has only 1Mp, and yet it costs as much as some 3Mp stand alone digital cameras in the market.

   by Nerd - 2007-05-01
 » .

really pointless accessory to me..i was excited about the psp camera ever since it was announced..and when i heard it was 1.3mp i thought bugger that! i have a phone with a 3.2mp camera...and i have that on me always...if the gocam was 3mp+ i would buy it asap..

   by huds601 (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » Chotto Shot

I bought a chotto shot back at the beginning of January and did a short demonstration of it's functioning from the XMB if anyone's interested.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsrPkG2a2M0

Sadly, i lost it 5 days later, so will buy the Go!Cam when it coems out! :P

   by eU (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » gps

I would like to see the gps come out in europe,
I dont need the silly camera

   by shakz (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » itz just a webam. is it?

hi, wanted to know if it was a webcam or you could view what u was recording from the screen at the same time as you were videoing. plez answer.

   by Yogarine (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » Sometimes I wonder...

Do the editors at QJ.net even know what they write about?

It's allready stated in the other comments, but I'll state it once more to make the editor feel even dumber... It's just the european release of the Japanese Chotto Shot.

PLEASE... Stop copying press releases, and do a little bit of research for a change.

   by MrDaBucket - 2007-05-01
 » It's the same thing as the Chotto Shot...

....but the Europeans are just getting a dumb new name. That's it....same software probably too.
"Chotto Shot Edit" = "Go!Cam Edit"

   by DJ (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » you are right.

It is the same as the Jap. version, but it will only work on a PAL system. BTW 1MP is all you need for a psp. You dont need a better one because it wont make much of a difference on a psp screen. It is already good. Have you even tried it? I agree, it is a bit pricey.

   by mymegamouth (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » wooo yay!

shut evry1 slagging this off, its gr8!!! yeah its onli 1.3 mega pixel but the psp's screen is hardly huge, the videos are designed to be viewed on the psp so its good quality on the psp, and its very cheap since it comes with umd software. and the biggest WOW is that SCE is releasing it in Europe b4 arerica even gets a sniff haha lol!!!

   by Jake why a camera on a psp (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » Exactly...

..why do we need a camera on a psp? I bet the audio sounds like *****. It'll be cool to get it though.

   by F1 (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » NICE ;)!!!

Ive been waiting for the english version YES!!!! im going to get it. THNX SONY:)

   by noromamai (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » anyone got it working with 3.40 OE?

Just got the Chotto Shot package and it doesn't work on the PSP which is running 3.40 OE. Is there anyone else out there who has tried this setup? I'd like to find out whether the camera is bust or whether it's not supported in 3.40 OE. Also got the GPS addon, though nothing much supports it.


   Re: timmy0to0l - 2007-05-01
 » 3.40 OE

i just got the chotto shot from play-asia.com yesterday, and it works perfectly fine with my 3.40OE psp.

it was tricky tho, when i first plugged it into the usb port, the psp wasnt recognizing it. iwould get the "not compatible" error. i think its cuz i tightened the screw on top too tight. i loosened the screw on top and now its works just fine. if that doesnt work for you, try a fresh reinstall of the custom fw.

you can goto youtube and search "timmy0to0l" and you can see some vids ive upped for anyone that wants to see the quality of the cam.

   Re: W. Jones (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » Use "Map This!" for your GPS.

Use the "Map This!" homebrew with your PSP GPS to turn your PSP into a real GPS Navigational system.
   by marksman with ill aim (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » id like to quote, and prove wrong

this guy at the top said....
......"1.3 megapixel... the best camera phones had that resolution 3 years ago. You can pick up a handset with the same camera for about £15 in shops right now. I'm not sure they should have even bothered to release it if they weren't going to improve on it"....
WHY WOULD YOU WANT A 2562 megapixel camera for a 600 by 460 resolution screen? to waste memory when u take a pic thats 232mb or a 2 sec vidthats 423gb? your a jackass

   by anyone got it working with 3.40 OE? (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » anyone got it working with 3.40 OE?

you prolly got your camera prx disabled to save flash space.. try putting it back in and it will work on that firmware

   by noromamai (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » chotto shot 3.40 OE works now

i did a cold boot and it worked. didn't change anything else. thanks for the replies

   by bigshot19 (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » Have a non-homebrew PSP?

Come to PSPHomebrewHelp.googlepages.com AKA team homebrew4all. We research/report/make/find possible exploits. Also, help needed!

   by .. (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » ..

OMFG! Video tape home made pr0n with a PSP! Playstation Pornable w00t!

   by lol (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » lol

the only difrrence is the editing software

   by Leathco (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » Where's the US version?

OK, I'm having trouble seeing the Europe release dated but it's not even announced for the North American market. What's taking SCEA so long?


   Re: jack onell (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » re north american release

yah im with u i want ta know when it will be avalible in north america (canada)

psp rules
and SONY is a few fries short of a happy meal!!
   by 1 (Unregistered) - 2007-05-01
 » 2

Any Homebrew Apps out for ChottoShot or this in the works?! Would love to play some homebrew EyeToy Games or use for webcam/multiplayer games when travelling about...



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